ANC launches mass boycott of Bantu Education

African National Congress (ANC) launches mass boycott of Ba ntu Education. Bantu education referred to the administration of education for blacks under the Apartheid system of racial discrimination. High standards of education were reserved for Whites with poor provisions made for black people. Bantu education came into effect in 1955 after the government had passed the Bantu  Education Act. The boycott did not succeed because the government warned that those who did not return to school before the deadline of 25 April would be expelled. This divided the ANC between those people who wanted to continue with the boycott and those who thought it was better for learners to return to school. The boycott failed because the ANC was not capable of leading the boycott or takes it seriously. It handed over leadership to the Women's League and Congress Youth League. Some learners returned to school and those who did not were expelled. The African Education Movement set up by the ANC attempted to provide alternative lessons to the learners excluded from the education system.